Or, to be specific, blow kisses at my daughter, who grew fabulously adept at blowing them back and basking in her newfound glory as the only natural blonde on the island.
It is, of course, kisses and hugs, laughter and sweet pronouncements.
I got a marvellous one of a girl with a hockey stick with mistletoe around it". Understandably the return journeys were somewhat happier affairs: "When they were coming home it was lovely – lots of hugs and kisses".
Almost every track kisses off someone or other; if it plays it safe in places, such as lead single Mr Know It All, then the cynical snarl of Let Me Down and the cast-iron pop choruses of What Doesn't Kill You and Einstein are full of the bravado and force that characterise Clarkson's best work.
Instead, what will be celebrated is a democracy that kisses up to capital, while locking away its critics.
From Leigh's point of view it was too dramatic to leave out: "We're making a movie... " And while Turner's relationship with his father is known to have been close, there is no evidence that it was as demonstrative (lively kisses on the cheeks) as in the film.
Thousands of scones, slices and first kisses would have been served up here, with its small stage, simple kitchen and dunnies in the back shed.
Still, it wasn't entirely like that on the Greek island, where waiters would reappear at our restaurant table with a rose, or blow kisses from across the street.
However, what was really touching was the fact that this didn't affect their remarkable friendship one bit, even when Gabriel kisses Nathan.
Poor Jessica might have to put up with those bristly kisses a little longer.
Dr Alexander Kazamias Coventry University When Aditya Chakrabortty writes (Opinion, 7 April) that the EU is a "democracy that kisses up to capital", his description could not have been more apt, when considering the role of the banks in EU decision-making.
